Ai Ogura says that hot lap speed in MotoGP is more difficult to achieve than race paceꦅ, but claims he found a step forward on the final day of testing.

This week’s Buriram MotoGP test is the final one for Ogura before his MotoGP race debut at the same venue on 2 March, and has therefore been his final chance to dial himself in with the Aprilia RS-GP before the pressure of a race weeke🔯nd is applied.

Th final morning of the test in Thailand saw Ogura set a time almost good enough to be in the top 10 of last year’s Q2 session, something about which the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trackhouse Racing rider was pleased.

“I’m ha🔴ppy about our performance this morning🎃 and we can be happy about that,” Ogura said.

“I think we are a bit more in a 🍸time attack mode compared to the other guys. But the position is the position at the end, so pretty happy.

Ogura said that the time attack was the more difficult thing to adapt to compared to race pace, but he “broke the wall” o💝n his one-lap speed on the final morning of testing.

“Just making laps with your pace is much easier than the time attack, and that’s exactly where I st💟ruggled in Sepang and yesterdayꦬ,” he said.

“But this morning it was kind of like I broke the wall and I could find two or 🍰three tenths more. So, I think I’m getting used to this time attack mode on the MotoGP bike, and it’s where we🦂 want to work for today.”

Ai Ogura impresses ahead of MotoGP debut

The Japanese rider is not daunted by the prospect oꦏf a full race distance, either.

“I think the longest run I had was in Sepang,” the reigning Moto2 World Champion said. “Yesterday I only𓃲 did Sprint simulations.

“But, in Sepang, I had no prꦰoblems for the main race distance.

“About the performance, in the first race you just do everything that you ran during the t📖esting days, so we will see.

“Before I’ve done one race I can’t see anything, after the first race you can see a much better picture. So, now I ju🎉st want to make one race.”

Finally, Ogura commented on his adaptation to the Michelin tyres 🌊and how they differ from the Pirellis and Dunlops he ran in Moto2.

“I think it’s good,” Ogura said of his adaptatio🍷n.

“Yesterday I was struggling on the straight braking, but this mo𓆉rning I felt much better, the lap time was easier to come with the confidence I have now with the front tyre.

“I think we are adapting well. Slowly, but yes.”

He added:🌄 “The tyre is much harder, so in a good way to say it’s much more🌠 stable, but in maybe a bad way it [gives] less information. So, I need to get the feeling.”